Overview

• Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi refused to entertain the plea and disposed of it with liberty to pursue remedies before the Election Commission of India.
• The court declined to fix any timeline for the Election Commission to act despite the petitioner’s request for a time-bound decision.
• The PIL by advocate Rohit Pandey sought a court‑monitored SIT led by a retired judge, an independent audit, and a freeze on electoral roll revisions until completion of that audit.
• The petition asked the ECI to publish rolls in accessible, machine‑readable and OCR‑compliant formats to enable public verification and detection of duplicate or fictitious entries.
• Citing Rahul Gandhi’s August 7 claims about Bengaluru Central’s Mahadevapura seat, the plea alleged 40,009 invalid voters and 10,452 duplicates, as election officials separately pressed Gandhi to submit details with an affidavit.